Export growth
in Hong Kong
slows to 11.6%

HONG KONG -- Growth in Hong Kong's exports moderated in October, government figures show, though the expansion still continued at a double-digit rate, thanks to robust trade with mainland China.

The Census and Statistics Department said October exports rose 11.6% from a year earlier to HK$213.5 billion (US$27.5 billion), slower than the 17% expansion in September. Growth in imports also slowed, to 9.7% from a year earlier, to HK$210...